Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the
impact of consolidating certain constitutional offices,
including the Treasurer and Auditor.

Whereas, The State of West Virginia has, in addition to the
Governor, five additional elected offices in its Board of Public
Works; and

Whereas, These offices were established many years ago and the
need for and scope of the powers and duties of such offices merits
review on a periodic basis; and

Whereas, Significant savings to the citizenry may be realized
from combining or reassigning the powers and duties of these
offices and, in some cases, possibly by consolidating the offices
themselves; and

Whereas, It behooves this body to act in every expedient manner
to save the taxpayer moneys which would otherwise be better
expended; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the
impact of combining the offices of Treasurer and Auditor into a
single elected office, the savings to be realized by this and
issues arising from it; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the committee consider the impact of
eliminating the offices of Treasurer and Auditor and providing the
services currently provided by these offices by other agencies of
the Executive Branch; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the committee consider the impact of
eliminating the office of Auditor and replacing it with a
legislative audit office under joint control of a committee
comprised of equal numbers of members of each political party in
the Legislature and of equal numbers from each house of the
Legislature; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the committee consider all information
or documentation as the committee requests in order to achieve the
goals of this resolution; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Committee report to the regular
session of the Legislature, 2013, on its findings, conclusions and
recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary
to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.